Box-car with movable top.



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S.HARTLAND BOX CAB WITH MOVABLE TOP.

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BOX GAB. WITH MOVBLE TOP. APPLATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912. 1,099,361 Patented June 9,1914.

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vide a `freight oar ciency of operation and outer running boards roof sections.

pling means section and the car.l

, over the to and inner roof sections.

UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

Toall 'wimmelt may concern: v

Beit known that I, SAMUELHARTLAND, a

citien of the United States, residing' at Youngstown, in the county f Mahoning `and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Box-Cars with Movable Tops, of which the following is a Specification. f Thisinvention relates to improvements in freight cars and its leading object is to prowith` a movable top adapted to .permit of the loading of the car by a crane or other power lifting and load# device, whereby the entire car may be more quic'zkl loaded than under the present side doorl ing arrangement. p

One of the 'objects of the invention is to provide a car for transporting freight with e. plurality of movable tops mounted upon wheels and adapted for ready movement so that the roof of the car may beopened or` the floading ot' the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a car of this'type in which the various details are `constructed to vprovide for etlisimplicity of manufacture/ g i With the above and other objects in view the invention relates to certain. constructions combinations, and arrangements of parte, clearly descri ed inthe following specification and clearly illustrated in the 4accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevation o a car constructed. in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional. view showing the inner and outer root' sections and the respecf tive tracks andA wheels therefor. Fig. 3 is an. end elevation. Fig. 4 is a. side elevation partly broken away showing the relative ositions of the section of the movable top.

ig. 5 is a plan view showin the inner and of the inner and outer Fig. 6 an end elevation partlyin vertical section showing the coubetween the upper: or outer roof Fig. is an enlarged detail sectional View ot' said coupling means. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing the'coupling vmeans for connecting the outer Figz is another sectional view of. Said coupling means. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view showing a resilient vweather strip for sealing the connection between the two roof sections. Fig.v ll is a side elevation of a modified form of a car nox-cen. :devenu: Tor.

Specication Letters Patent.

Patented Uune 9, 1914.

having a is an end elevation partly in vertical'sectlon thereof. Fig. 13 is a sectional detail. Fig. 14 is an elevation. looking at right angles to 1S. Fig. 15 isa detail in elevation'.v

I Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating the practical application'of the invention 5 denotes a freight car which is provided with the usual trucksand running gear the body of which may be constructed in accordance with any plan ofdesign. The` sides 6 of 'the car are provided with reinforcing members i secured to their u per inner faces and these reinforcing mem rs carry angular tracks 8, 'which are'provided .with upstanding inner portions 8 on which the wheels 9 carried by; the depending bracket :10 of the-inner root section 11 are adapted to move. The track 8`extends the full length of the car so that the inner roof section ll can be moved from one end of the car tothe opposite end thereot.- The inner section 'l1 of the roof is provided with a running .board l?! and is connected to the car by means of a coupling pin 13 which passes through a socket le lined to` the top section 11 and engages a socket l5 carried by the car 5. f A pipe i6 has its upper end below the opening in the socket 15- and extends atv an outward and downward incline through the side of the car for draining' the socket 15 of water. The inner root sect-ion. ll also carries brachn ets ,i7 for supporting the'wheels 9' and the brackets ll are provided with guard flanges l0" 'for pievcnting the upper movement of the roof section il on the tracks S.

Traci-2s 18 are secured to thenouter faces .oli the can. 6 and on the upstanding flanges 19 thereof, the wheels'E/)O carried by the depending brackets 2l and 22 of the up \Ineans n et coupling pins* 25 which pass .\throij| gh sochets carried by the outer edge of said top section 23 and which engage sockets 27 secured to the outer faces oit the car sides 6. IThe inner roof section 11 portions is providedwithan end flange 28 through sectional removablej top.` Eig. 12 f boardQll said outer top section` lll) By the improved construction shown anddescribed it is possible for the car to be quickly loaded through the top thereof, one end of the car being loadedwhile one of the roof' sections is moved to an open position and then the other end of the car being loaded While the other roof section is moved to its open posit-ion.

In Figs. 11 and 1 2 I` have described a modification of the invention in which a sectional top consisting of sections '33-34 and 35 is provided. The sections and carry depending lugs 36- through which i pins 37 are extended, and. which engage lugs 38earri`ed by the car 89. The sections may be of any number and hre 'provided with suitablerhoisting rings 39 whereby each section maybe lifted from the top of the car. Having described my invention I claim: 1. A railroad oar having innerand outer tracks, inner and outer roof sections movable on said tracks, independently of each other, means on the inner .roof section for preventing upward movement of said sec-4 tion, means connecting said inner section to the car, and meansfor draining the saine.

2. A railroad 'ear having inner `and outer tracks, inner and outer roof sections `in ovable on said tracks', independently of each other, means on thel inner roof section for 4o preventing upward movement of said seetion, and 'means 'for' sealing the joint between the inner and outer sections.

y 3. Aq'ailroad Car having inner and outer tracks, inner and outer roof sections inov- 5 able' on said tracks, independently of'eacli othermiiieans on the inner roof'section for preventing upward movement of said section, and means carried by the one section and coperatiiig with means on the other w I section for sealing the joint between theinvner and outer sections.

4. A railroad car provided-.With inner and. outer tracks, an inner root section movableon said inner tracks, an outer roof sec- 55 tion movable on said outer tracks, an abutment carried'by said outer roof section located at one end. thereof, an 'opstanding iiange carried by' the inner roof section, a rod slidalile through said upstandiug iiange, @g a Weather strip carried by said rod and engagging said abutment and a spring' mounted on sai-d rod..

5. A railroad provided with ti'ibks on its upper end, a roof section movable on said tracks, a socket seciireclib said roof section, a drain .pipeexteniting from .said socket Athrough the side ofthe oar, a' socket' secured to saidl roof section, and a coupling pin movable in the sockets for holding said 7o roof section against movement.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence ot two Witnesses.

SAMUEL HAnrLANn. y

Witnesses it. J. NioifrorisoN,

J. B. KLING. 

